Shoe-holder.



N. 746,187. PATBNTBD DBG. 8,1903. 1 111W. SNOWDON.

SHOE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 'MAY 16, 1902.

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UNITED STATES vPATEIWI "OFFICE,

Patented December 8, 1903'.

'RICHARD wQSNo-WDCN, or BCSTCN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSICNCR To L.l C.

BLISS .t COMPANY, CFBCSTCN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION To ctZZ wlw'm'zlt may concern.;-

Be it known'that I, RICHARD w. SNowboN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident- The objectof this invention is to provide al holder for boots and shoe's'while being cleaned Io or polished and to provide means by which it"' is adapted for shoes of varying shapes and sizes and means by which it may be readily and conveniently attached to and detached from a support.

be particularly pointed out inthe claims at the close ofthe speciication. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly'in section, showing a device em- Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 to show the hanged head of the arm by whichthe device is attached to the y wall. Fig. 3 isaplan.

Referring now tothe drawings, lthe arm 1 gear-teeth which mesh'with each otherv,fso

that by turning either lever on its pivot thel other lever will be turned on its pivot in the opposite direction, one of the two levers having a heel-piece 'which' is adapted to bear against the inner face of the counter and the other lever having pivoted iheretoa toe-piece which isadapted to enter the toe of the shoe when the two levers are spread apart, the -operating-lever 2 having a pawl which engages with ratchet-teeth on the arm 1 to hold the two levers intheir adjusted position.

The arm 1 is provided with a plate or head 4, by which it may be readily attached to the wall or other support, as will be more particularly described hereinafter.

5o against the counter of the shoe without injuring the counter when in use. The upper The invention will vnow be fully described, reference being made to the accompanyingv drawings, and the novel features Lhereof will ferming part of Letters Patent No. 746,187, dated December 8, 1903. Application led May 16, 1902.'L Serial No. 107.612. (No model.)

end of the lever 2 4is vformed with `a handle portion 9 to operate the lever and is preferably formed with a slot 10, 'or other suitable provi'sion'isv made by which the holder may be hung up when it is detached from the wall. Pi'votedlto lever 2 is a pawl 11, which engages with ratchet-teeth 12 on arrn 1,'so as to retain the leversin the adj usted postion when 1n use.

Preferably the arm 1 is formed with an inclined portion on which the,4 ratchetteeth are'formed, so that as the handle 9 is 'pushed forward to spread the levers the pawl will be more firmly held than if the ratchet stands horizontally.

Lever 2 is formed with a segmental portion 13,` of which pivot 7 is 4the center, and having gear-teeth 14. l

Lever 3 is mounted on pivot l5 and is formed with a segmental portion 16, of which pivot 15 is the center, and having gear-teethA Yknown to me is that shown in the drawings.

The toe-piece 18 is a shellshaped to enter the toe of the shoe and is formed with two earsl orhangers 19, depending from the roof of the shell somewhere intermediate of the ends, preferably about midway. Extending across between these ears is the pin 20, on which the toe-piece 18 is hung. The forward part of lever 3 is formed with a'transverse slot 21, having an entrance 22 to the upper part thereof to admit the rocker-pin 20,`the toepiece then dropping down, sc that the rockerpin rests in the bottom of the kslot and prevents the toe-piece from being accidentally disconnected, but readily permitting removal by lifting the toepiece vslightly and then withdrawing it. The branch of the lever 3 which forms the upper side of 'the Slot should have anoverreaching portion 28,which serves as a stop to limit the downward rock of the forward end of the toe-piece.

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The head or flange 4 is preferably cast with the arm and is formed with a plurality of elongated holes, the lower portions 23 being larger than the upper or neck portions 24, so that if screws 25 are inserted in the wall in the same relation to each other as are the holes in the plate and stand out from the wall the holder may be attached by pushing it back to the wall so that the heads of the screws will pass through the enlarged parts of the holes and then sliding the holder down so as to bring the Shanks of the screws into the necks 24 of the slots. As an additional means of securing the holder firmly there is formed around each hole in the llange 4 a raised portion 26, wedge-shaped in crosssection, thickest at the upper end and tapering downward, the screws having preferably round heads, having square shoulders on the under side of the heads, so that as the holder is pushed down the wedges whichform the sidesof the slots will wedge against the shoulder of the screw-head and hold the device firmly against its support. The screws should be set into the wall to a sufficient distance so that the wedges will prevent the holder from going down far enough to take up the full length of the slot in order to allow for wear or extra pressure.

When the holder is in use with a shoe mounted thereon and being polished, the

pressure is downward, so that the harder the which it is hung in the slot in said lever, and

pressure the more firm will be the holder.

It is preferable to have at least three holes and holding-screws, two at the top and one at the bottom, so as to have three points of support.

When the operator is through using the holder, it can be easily removed from the screws and hung up by means of the handle 9 either on one of the screws or on a hook, and thus lie flat against the wall.

Itis preferable to have the gear-teeth on the two levers formed on segments of equal radii, so that when the holder is attached to the wall and the levers are spread they will move with equal speed and the toe and heel be kept on a level with each other.

lf the shoeis so full that the rear part of the toe-piece is not high enough to ll it, the pressure of the forward part of the toe-piece against the upper when thetoe-piece is forced into the toe of the shoe will rock up the rear part of the toe-piece and crowd it up against the upper, thereby stretching the upper of the shoe, so that a rm surface is maintained at all points for polishing.

1. A shoe-holder comprising an arm, two levers pivoted thereto one of which has a portion adapted to engage with the inner face of the counter of a shoe and the other of which has a toe-piece adapted toenter the fore part of a shoe, segment-gears on said levers which engage each other and cause said levers to turn in opposite directions, and means for retaining the said levers in their adjusted positions, substantially as described.

2. A shoe-holder comprising an arm, two levers pivoted thereto, one of which has a portion which engages with the inner face of the counter of the shoe and the other of which enters the fore part of the shoe, segment-gears on said levers which engage each other and cause said levers to turn in opposite directions, said gears being on segments of equal radii, and means for retaining said levers in their adjusted positions, substantially as described.

3. In a shoe-holder, a lever havinga transverse slot in the end thereof, a toe-piece having intermediate its ends a rocker-pin by a stop which limits the downward motion of the fore part of the toe piece, su bstantially as described.

4. In a shoe-holder, the combination with the arm engaging the inner side of the rear end of the shoe, of the companion arm provided with an extension and with a hook, and the plate shaped to enter the front portion of the shoe and resting on the aforesaid extension and provided with a cross-bar engaging the aforesaid hook, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD W. SNOWDON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. COPELAND, ROBERT WALLACE. 

